successes and failures

Whew. Life has been crazy lately. Finally, the big annual conference that my company puts on in March is over, and thankfully I have winter break this week from school... so I can actually sit and think and type for a little bit.

Catching up on weight loss, the last meeting I went to posed the following fill-in-the-blanks:
I've made great strides by...
I can build on my successes by...
I want to work on...

I seem to have misplaced the rest of my notes, but I can at least complete this part of the challenge. To answer the third statement first:
I definitely want to work on getting to my goal weight and lifetime membership and the maintenance part of the program. Ok, that is 3 things. But it's all related. One girl posted pieces of paper with "40" written on them, all over her house, as a motivating factor. Yes, the monthly or weekly fee is a killer. And it hurts even more when weeks go by with no progress. I get so frustrated with myself when that happens. In order to not be too overwhelmed, I try to think in smaller increments. Nevertheless, I need to keep an eye on the big picture as well and keep pressing for that goal.

I have made great strides by joining ww in the first place. I have learned so much, and it has made a big difference for my health.

I can build on my successes by being consistent in what I need to do. I can also build on past successes by continuing to learn new facts and habits for future success. That's the plan.

I missed my Monday meeting, but I'm going to a meeting tonight. I had such a good week last week. I was a good little tracker! I made healthy choices. When I went out to dinner at a restaurant with a friend, I guesstimated the points best I could. And I ran 4 days. Woohoo! No back problems, no knee problems. Only a slight problem with the rain -- ick.

Then I traveled Monday & Tuesday and had such little control over when and where I was eating. I packed some healthy snacks and tried to make healthy choices most of the time, but when I get tired, I make bad choices. I know this about myself. I was exhausted and it was too hard to say no to some not-so-healthy snacks when my body was crying for more energy to keep going and survive the journey. Tuesday possibly undid all of the positives of last week.

However.

Today is a new day and I'm back on track.